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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc_yHON1oiQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sounds exactly like the vibe, 23 years ago...
Sounds exactly like the vibe, 23 years ago...
Is there anywhere I can work or shop without having to make people buy stuff that they don't need?
Can I say right now that I loathe "Can I help you find something?" mostly because it makes us all sound like robots? Guests are not stupid. They hear the exact same phrase several times during their stay and it kind of clues them in that we are being forced to ask that rather than it being a genuine inquiry and offer to help. When I go out shopping, I tend to avoid stores with the Stepford Wives and Husbands working there. One store rankled me so much with the robotic helpfulness that I quit going after the first visit. Others must have felt the same way because within one year they went bankrupt.
Can I say right now that I loathe "Can I help you find something?" mostly because it makes us all sound like robots? Guests are not stupid. They hear the exact same phrase several times during their stay and it kind of clues them in that we are being forced to ask that rather than it being a genuine inquiry and offer to help. When I go out shopping, I tend to avoid stores with the Stepford Wives and Husbands working there. One store rankled me so much with the robotic helpfulness that I quit going after the first visit. Others must have felt the same way because within one year they went bankrupt.
So don't use that phrase? I rarely do. I was even told that I didn't have to. It was only invented for the high school drop outs that need their hand held on every issue and otherwise wouldn't be able to rationally form a sentence inquiring if a customer needs help. Seriously, coworkers that always use that phrase get on my nerves.
Can I say right now that I loathe "Can I help you find something?" mostly because it makes us all sound like robots? Guests are not stupid. They hear the exact same phrase several times during their stay and it kind of clues them in that we are being forced to ask that rather than it being a genuine inquiry and offer to help. When I go out shopping, I tend to avoid stores with the Stepford Wives and Husbands working there. One store rankled me so much with the robotic helpfulness that I quit going after the first visit. Others must have felt the same way because within one year they went bankrupt.
So don't use that phrase? I rarely do. I was even told that I didn't have to. It was only invented for the high school drop outs that need their hand held on every issue and otherwise wouldn't be able to rationally form a sentence inquiring if a customer needs help. Seriously, coworkers that always use that phrase get on my nerves.
I concur. I hardly use CIHYFS. But I definitely don't ignore guests. I approach in a way that seems more genuine, like "Hi, doing okay over here?". Just something that sounds.. human? Hah.
I kind of twisted it around.
I ask is there anything I can help you with/find.
To me it sounds more genuine.
Going on a tangent here, but I miss Blockbuster. It was always an experence checking out aisle after aisle of tapes, picking out what you want... I can almost feel the plastic sleve of the paper holder in my hands right now.
Of course, one can compare that to hitting a few buttons on a PS3 controller or tapping your phone or tablet a few times and BAM instant movie. But when do you think physical media will disappear? When will the movies and music section from Target be no more? On Amazon Instant Video, you can rent a movie for $4 or buy for $20 but the buying seems so foreign to me as it's not physically there. I rather pay $20 for a hard copy. I would say in 10 year min space for physical media in stores will be greatly reduced as I feel my generation is still attached to it.
Vinyl records are the only physical media that I can think of that will be around for a while. I don't know if we'll sell them though. (Well, more of them if you count those t-shirt bundles.)
We started selling them with the turntables on an endcap.
It was pretty much all the old classic rock stuff Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zep.